Matteson township, Branch County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Land area: 35.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.5 sq. mi.
Population: 1,285 (all rural)
| Males: 652 |  (50.7%) |
| Females: 633 |  (49.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,285 (1,120 owner occupied, 165 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 13% |
| State: | 26% |
Races in Matteson township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.4%
- Black: 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
- Hispanic or Latino: 1.2%
- Two or more races: 0.7%
Median age of males: 38.4
Median age of females: 39.8
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Average household size: 2.61
| Matteson township: | 2.6 people |
| Michigan: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.99
| Matteson township: | $42,610 |
| Michigan: | $48,273 |
| Here: | $515 |
| State: | $629 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $94,618 (it was $83,300 in 2000)
| : | $94,618 |
| Michigan: | $117,500 |
| Population density: 36 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 17.6% |
| Whole state: | 10.5% |
| This township: | 3.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Matteson township: Matteson Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Matteson Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Lake: Matteson Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
58% of Matteson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 297
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 37
- South: 22
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 151
- Mobile homes: 7
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,300
Housing units in Matteson township with a mortgage: 19 (5 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 67
- Transportation equipment (23%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Construction (10%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (15%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Matteson township:
- German (58.5%)
- United States or American (12.5%)
- English (10.4%)
- Irish (5.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.5%)
- Scottish (2.4%)
- French Canadian (1.7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 110 (70%)
- Carpooled: 18 (11%)
- Walked: 15 (9%)
- Other means: 3 (2%)
- Worked at home: 12 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (84%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (3%)
- Solar energy (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
99.7% of residents of Matteson township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 366- In family households: 327 (88 male householders, 16 female householders)
91 spouses, 124 children (115 natural, 5 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 39 (30 male householders (28 living alone)), 7 female householders (7 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 47 2-persons, 24 3-persons, 12 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 35 1-person, 2 2-persons,
226 married couples with children.
67 single-parent households (29 men, 38 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 10.7% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |